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Supporting Climate Resilience and Transformational Change in the Agriculture Sector in Bhutan Addressing climate change challenges and enhancing the resilience of smallholder farmers in eight districts of Bhutan...

Empowering vulnerable women groups in the country’s most vulnerable agricultural zone by improving their participation in low-emission climate resilient agricultural practices Although women carry out about 70 percent...

Providing stable, 24-hour baseload energy and solving the intermittency of renewable energy through a combination of pumped storage hydroelectric energy and a solar power plant Exposed to spot market price, the Chilean...

The project seeks to strengthen the adaptive capacity of smallholder subsistence farmers to address climate-induced irrigation and drinking water shortages by improving the resilience of farm- and land-management...

The project aims to empower vulnerable smallholders in central highlands and south-central coast to manage increasing climate risks to agricultural production by securing water provision, supporting farmers to adopt...

The project seeks to increase the climate resilience of agricultural production and ensure food security through improved ecosystem services from agroforestry, silvopastoral systems, reforestation and assisted natural...

Rising sea levels, increases in extreme waves, tropical cyclones and storms, and changing rainfall patterns are exacerbating extreme coastal hazards. As a result, the ecosystems on which Pacific island populations rely...

Sub-Saharan Africa faces unique and acute challenges in the global fight to mitigate and adapt to climate change. On one front, the impacts of climate change are predicted to be more severe. At the same time, 548...

The energy and land use sectors are responsible for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions in many Latin American countries. It is estimated that approximately 40% of GHG emissions are from the agriculture, forestry ...

Bangladesh has experienced an average of 8% annual growth in CO2 emissions over the past two decades. The readymade garment (RMG) sector is the largest industrial contributor in CO2 emissions at 15.4%, followed by the...

Sudan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change impacts such as rising temperatures and severe and increasing moisture stress. In the Kordofan States, where the project will be located, 98%...

About 570 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity, and instead have to rely on kerosene and diesel generators for lighting. Meanwhile, 85 percent of the population lack access to clean cooking...

The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) which is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the effects of climate change and one of the least able to meet those...

In the Chao Phraya basin in Thailand, significant increases in the frequency of heavy rains are predicted as a result of climate change – in turn increasing the risk of severe floods.  But alongside the risk of flooding...

Timor-Leste is a Least Developed Country (LDC) and also one of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) which is in the process of re-building its government systems and infrastructure after 25 years of conflict. ...

The project will promote the adoption of Clean Cooking Solutions in Nepal’s Terai region. Nepal has been making efforts to shift towards clean fuels and cooking technologies. While there has been progress in both urban...

Home to the world’s largest tropical forest, the Amazon is highly vulnerable to climate change.  The combination of increased temperatures and deforestation are creating adverse climate feedback loops.  Increasingly...

The Central American Dry Corridor and the arid zones of the Dominican Republic are among the world's most vulnerable tropical regions to the impacts of climate change. Climate projections for the region indicate...

As global temperatures increase and the demand for cooling rises, so do the emission levels of greenhouse and fluorinated gases, which have a very high global warming potential.  Reports cite that at 1.5°C of warming –...

The Group of Five for the Sahel (G5 Sahel) countries – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger –are characterized by high poverty levels, high vulnerability to climate change, and low electrification rates.  ...

Agriculture is essential to Tanzania’s economy and the livelihoods of its people, accounting for 27% of its gross domestic product (GDP) and 67% of jobs. However the agriculture sector is particularly vulnerable to the...

Coral reefs are among the world’s most threatened ecosystems by climate change impacts.  And drivers such as overfishing, agricultural run-off, sewage discharge and unsustainable tourism degrade the coral reefs, further...

Climate change has and will continue to wreak wide-ranging damage on the environment and economy globally.  Up to USD 300 billion per year has been estimated for climate adaptation in developing countries by 2030, yet...

Countries covered by the ambitious Great Green Wall initiative to reverse land degradation in Africa are among the world’s poorest and most climate vulnerable. Climate shocks are causing a loss of assets, crops and...

Vanuatu is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. The nation is made up of mountainous volcanic islands with steep catchments and narrow coastal plains, with the country already...

Pakistan’s growing energy sector is heavily reliant on fossil fuels, which currently provide around 65 per cent of the country’s energy mix. Significant investment in renewable energy is needed to curb emissions, meet...